This missing scene begins after the end of Season 3, Episode 7 "Ghost World"…
"It was for the best, Jeremy." Elena told her brother.
She had made it home before he did, was waiting to talk to him when he arrived, but he really didn't want to talk to her. Still, she felt the need to justify herself.
Alaric was no where to be seen when she arrived home, neither was Damon. She knew Alaric was involved in the town celebration a little, though she hadn't seen him since she had agreed to follow Lexi. She wondered what both Alaric and Damon had done during the day, and was about to call one of them when Jeremy entered.
At first, Jeremy seemed to be ignoring her as he walked past his sister, but after a few steps, he turned to face her. "Bonnie won't talk to me."
"What did you expect?" Elena asked.
"You said you wouldn't tell her," Jeremy said.
"I didn't," Elena said, then hesitated before adding, "I did tell Caroline, but she needed to know. Caroline figured out where the locket was, then Bonnie was able to fix it all."
Elena looked at her brother. He was a little angry at first, but his expression was changing to look more like desperation.
"All I know is I don't have either Anna or Bonnie anymore." Jeremy said. "That's not 'for the best', not from where I stand."
Elena couldn't bear to look at the sadness in his expression, so she lowered her eyes. "You shouldn't have…"
"You should care," Jeremy interrupted, bring her eyes back to his. "I had Anna back. She was lost, and I had her back."
"It wasn't real, Jer."
"It was," Jeremy argued before closing his eyes and shaking his head. He exhaled and said, "By far the worst part is that I don't know if she really wanted me, or just used me to try to get her mother back." He exhaled and turned around as he added, "Just like when she came to Mystic Falls the first time."
"It doesn't matter Jer, either way, it wasn't real."
He had been walking away from her, but turned back. "If it wasn't real, why did you tell them that I kissed her?"
"You…you shouldn't have done that to Bonnie," Elena stumbled over the words, but she believed that it was true.
"How can you say that?" He challenged. "It's no different from what you do."
His eyes were skewering her as she denied, "That's not true." Suddenly, she was ready for this to be over, so she pulled out her phone and punched the speed dial for Damon.
She was looking at the phone but raised her eyes back to his as he said. "Really? Then tell me that you haven't kissed both Stefan and Damon."
Elena wasn't sure of her expression, even when she consciously tried to neutralize it. She felt the sting of Jeremy's words, and was trying to come up with a response as he shook his head and walked away saying, "I'm still not as naïve as you think."
She watched him leave, not wanting to admit it, but knowing he was right. She had said it to Stefan herself – she wasn't going to love a ghost for the rest of her life. She knew it was an admission that she still loved Stefan.
"Elena! Are you alright?" Damon's concerned voice startled her out of her thoughts.
She realized he had said her name several times and quickly said "Uh, yeah. I'm fine." She tried to quickly gather her thoughts as she turned her attention to the vampire she had called. "Are you?"
"Yes," he said, sounding a little distracted. "Since Mason's gone, I assume Blondie and the witch fixed 'the order of things'."
"Mason?" Elena asked, confused. "Mason Lockwood?'
"Yes, Mason Lockwood."
"He came to you? What did he want?"
"Revenge and redemption." He paused as he wondered if Elena might have had a vengeful vampire after her. "Did you see anyone…anyone dead?"
"Lexi."
Elena seemed to hear a cringe from him as he asked "What did she want?"
"She wanted to help get Stefan back."
"Of course she did. Any luck with that?"
"I don't know." Elena said. It was uncomfortable for her to relive the experience, especially after her conversation with Jeremy. "She did tie him down, at least; maybe he'll stay there until we can get him to change."
"Figures," Damon said. "You get Goodie-Two-Shoes and I get a vengeful werewolf."
"Vengeful?" Elena asked. "You said something about redemption."
"I did. First he tied me down, poked me a little, let me burn in the sun…"
"Damon!" she said quickly to interrupt him. She couldn't stand to hear this. "But… you're OK?"
"Yes, though he also lured me underground through the old Lockwood cellar where I was skewered from several different directions at once."
Elena found herself biting her lip as she waited for more. It hurt to hear what he was going through, again, while she was trying to fix his brother, again.
It seemed he was done, so she softly said, "I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It was worth it. He apparently found something that can kill Klaus."
Elena found herself gasping as she repeated, "Kill Klaus?"
"Yes," Damon replied. "A Lockwood legend about something that can kill an Original."
"And you found it?"
"Not me. I'm blocked somehow – I can't get to it. Mason found it, but he disappeared before he could tell me. However, Rick came and is in there now making sounds I've never heard before – like a teacher in heat or something. I'm guessing he found it."
"Kill Klaus," Elena found herself whispering.
"Yeah. One way or another we're going to get the…"
Elena really didn't hear him after that. Her mind was suddenly racing. Her argument with Jeremy was replaying in her mind. She thought that if Jeremy had seen how torn she was between Stefan and Damon, Damon must see it just as clearly. Yet Damon still did everything he could to help her. Damon still let himself be skewered to try to get to something that would protect her.
She wondered how much longer she give so much of herself for Stefan, take the abuse he was dishing out towards her, while, at the same time, Damon was doing everything he could to help her. Was she, like Jeremy thought Anna might be, just using Damon to get what she wanted?
She only wondered it briefly, before she remembered the feelings. She hadn't been anywhere near Damon during the day, hadn't felt the feelings at all. But now that she was thinking about him, worrying about him, they were back.
For once, the feelings seemed to be calming her. She felt her mind clear as she heard Damon's voice on the phone again, "Elena, are you still there?"
"Yeah," she said, turning her full attention back to him. He deserved at least that much from her - that much and more...